causation

英 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

美 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

n.  诱因; 起因; 原因

复数：causations　

法律

BNC.13210 / COCA.18345

牛津词典

noun

• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event
• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 诱因;起因;祸端
  Thecausationof something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  1. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
     基因只是致病的部分原因。
• N-UNCOUNT 因果关系；因果律
  Causationis a study of the factors involved in causing something.
  1. ...assumptions concerning social causation.
     有关社会因果律的假设

英英释义

noun

• the act of causing something to happen
  Synonym:causing

双语例句

• In legal discourse causation is particularly important.
  在法律推论中，因果关系特别重要。
• Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes.
  与物理定律矛盾的现象，暗示精神过程可能导致某种结果的现象。
• Discussion on Criterion of Proving Causation in Environmental Tort
  环境侵权中因果关系证明标准的探讨
• In studying there may be an exchange of thought and the silent observation of the causation of authority.
  在研究当中，或许会有一种思想的交换，和对权威根源的无声观察。
• Hill and Doll took a pragmatic approach in the search for causation.
  希尔和多尔在寻找因果关系时采取了一种务实的方法。
• The criterion of "proper causation" is mostly adopted in the civil law system.
  大陆法系多以“相当因果关系说”作为因果关系的判断基础。
• But the problematic relationship between correlation and causation in general remains an active area of debate and confusion.
  但广泛意义上的相关性与因果之间的尚存疑问的关系，仍是当前一个极易引起争议和混淆的领域。
• Attribution theory is concerned with the study of perceived causation.
  归因理论是对认识到的因果关系的研究。
• And our understanding of causation is not really based on intelligibility, its based on observation of uniformity.
  我们关于因果关系的理解并不是真正基于可理解的事物，而是基于观察的一致性。
• Discussion of explanation is often closely tied to discussion of causation, and to the idea of causal explanation.
  讨论的解释往往是紧密联系在一起的因果关系的讨论，以及对因果解释的想法。